Rich and colorful figurations

Pigments were invented about 40,000 years ago and since then have been used by artists as a visual element to form works of art. From the use of red in ancient Egypt to blue being more sought after than gold in the middle ages, the use of color and its value has shifted through the ages. This has led to the subsequent color theory in art. It was the German poet Jonathan Wolfgang Goethe who first developed a theory about color (1810). According to him, colors are composed of both light and shadow. Later, the Impressionists would disregard the classic visual elements of painting and indeed figurations and focus on the essence of color, using colors that compliment and capture light rather than use dark colors for shadow. At the turn of the 20th century Vassily Kandinsky created a grid for colors, which associated emotions and sounds with 10 colors. In our selection of works the use and admiration of color is still being explored with Guive Khosravi's works, high in vivid colors are juxtapositions of images mixing well-known characters and images whilst Robert Combas, who in the early 80s invented a new figurative painting (Free Figuration), uses color to manipulate daily life.

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Rich and colorful figurations

Hardea cinerea

How can I help? ( Abstract spiritual painting of an angel)

Portrait French School - PS 248 Elle(s) Impressionist 1920s NSWE

Maltrato animal

Une vue superbe

Doppelganger

Echo aviaire

Totem d'ubiquité

2 ère danse des poissons rouges japonais

Nueva Vida

1 ère danse des poissons rouges japonais

Femme au fume cigarette et à la coupe de champagne

Mery

Nature

Birds

A song of nature

Abstract landscape N°2

Red Fantasy

Fine Morning

Red Imaginary Home

Vierge à l'enfant

Sunny home

Les voiles en fleurs

French School White Horse - Impressionist NSWE

Through the Grapevine

Le Chant de la Cigale

Silence

Manto

Geranium

Flower pot

Flowers

Dream city II

Dream city

Passage

Plaisance

Telephone

Cyanotypie Rascasse

Orchids

Self-portrait

Cold

Porquerolles plage

Nu abstrait N°23 - Monstera palace Pièce N°1

Beneath Angel Wings

Vibrant essence of spring

Angel (abstract expressionist spiritual oil pastels painting on paper)

Spiritual energy

Connecting to nature

Floral Inspiration

Under the Maltese sun

Fusion

Soft spring

The unity of souls

Portrait of a Girl. What is Love?

"Pura Vida" , Vie pure, abstraction inspirée de Joan Miró

Le loup et le fil rouge

Les amants du Quazar

Les chemins de la tendresse

Le Sabat

Sans titre

Charybde et Scylla

Wanderings at Paris

L'éventail

Mystic Landscape

When angels near

Strength in grace

Quiet grace